welcome the gendercrit i too was a young adult in the mids in the sf area i remember the term tranny being used fondly among my trans friends fast forward to when a friend of mine started to come out as trans my wife and i told her we didnt mind her being a tranny and were informed that was hate speech we told her that in our circles growing up it was transpositive she didnt believe us and thought we were being transphobic she cried over having hateful friends for the next hour anyway i am glad you hit your peak trans and found your way here when i started to read this sub i too thought holy cow it all makes sense i love that the numbers of members to this sub are increasing steadily